Wander Blog Sources

← Back to discovery

Civavonovono (breastplate)

METPublic domain

Civavonovono (breastplate)

Fijian artist

Date: 19th century
Type: Breastplate
Medium: Whale ivory, black-lipped pearl shell (civa), fiber
Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Culture: Fijian people
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 1978.412.746
Credit: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1960

Wander from here →Open in source ↗Download image

More like this

Cali (club)

Cali (club)

Fijian artist · mid to late 19th century

Daveniyaqona (ritual dish)

Daveniyaqona (ritual dish)

Fijian artist · Early 19th century

Panel (Masi Kesa)

Panel (Masi Kesa)

mid- to late 19th century

'Otua fefine (deity figure)

'Otua fefine (deity figure)

Ha'apai Islands artist · Early 19th century